Austin G. Mackell
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me on twitter…
- if you call your self a leftist, and you live in Australia, go have a political conversation with someone in high-visibility work-vest. 2 hours ago
- @occupySYDNEY @JamesGRickards @nypost not if you look at the Nasdac we aren't. unemployment cues a diff question.. 2 hours ago
- @historyben yeah... but isn't it on the privileged elite academics to make the effort? They expect their doors bashed down by tradies? 2 hours ago
- @alexeiw123 @DoctorKarl @Kev_Richards73 @Fifty2Pickup source? 2 hours ago
- have they made the lists available for review? //'Rebel' campaigners announce 3 million anti-Morsi signatures en.aswatmasriya.com/news/view.aspx… 2 hours ago
Blogroll
- Acitv8Change The fantastic and fiery Kate Ausburn’s blog
- Antony Loewenstein One of Australia’s best and most critical intellectuals
- Disgruntled Biped “23 year old curmudgeon. Serial pessimist. Born in Jesusland, raised in Redneck Wonderland… suffice to say that both these experiences damaged me profoundly. Much happier now in the Inner West.”
- Inner West Live A community of blogger/journo/food-reviews/catlovers from around the Inner West (The Cool Part) of Sydney
- Lorenzo Tugnoli An amazing Italian photojournalist.
- Patch Galey A very sharp young British journalist based in Beirut and working at the Daily Star (also once my flat-mate)
- Penultimo A blog about my neighbourhood run by Jesse Stein and Erin Riley… Coz I still got love for the streets.
- Richard Hall Another fine young Daily Star Journo, writing from Beirut about the Middle East and beyond.
- Sam Tarling English Photojournalist bouncing round the Middle East. In Cairo (in the thick of it) last I checked.
- The Review of The New York Review of Books A side project of mine, featuring meta-reviews (reviews of reviews), video digests, and comment pages for the NYRB
- The Tongue Are you ready for a taste of the realness?
- The Tracy and The John “the men danced the dance of the gays”
- Two Bullets an anonymous insider from the Sydney music scene
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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Free Maikel Nabil- Imprisoned blogger’s supporters march from Tahrir to High Court
My apologies for poor lighting and typos in subtitles.
Fumbling for Change
If politics is “the art of the possible” then 2011 has left us, as artists, with suddenly a much larger canvas and a new palate of colours to choose from. This broadened scope requires of us a new capacity for … Continue reading
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Tagged Chomsky, democracy, Obama, Occupy, street protests, Tahrir
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Christopher Hitchens: Farewell the Hypocrite
A striking number of the many tributes to the late Christopher Hitchens contain in them something about having a, “difference of opinion”, with him “on certain issues”. In many cases this is a euphemistic way of referring to Hitchens’ support for … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch 22, Hitchslapped, Iraq
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Two activists taken by Military Intelligence
My thoughts are with Mostafa Nasr and Isslam Kamel, who were taken from a downtown apartment this morning by military intelligence, and are still in custody. Two Americans who were taken with them have been released and will be deported. Things could wind … Continue reading
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Tagged #Nomiltrials, Egypt, Isslam Kamel, Mostafa Nasr, SCAF
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Blood Trail in Crime-Scene Tahrir
I made it down to Tahrir this morning, but only after the violence was finished. The image I know will stick with me is of this blood trail. The protesters had marked it off with stones and were trying to … Continue reading
Deserted Egyptian Major (Tamer Badr) Arrested
Had the following published over on Al Akhbar English on Friday. Eyewitness reports and video posted online indicate that Major Tamer Badr, who had left his post with the Egyptian infantry to join the protests in Tahrir has been arrested. Al-Akhbar spoke to a … Continue reading
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Tagged April 8, desertion, Egypt, Major Tamer Badr, Protests, SCAF
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Write to your MP, support Assange
I know it isn’t much, but every little bit helps. Also, we can’t complain if our politicians dont speak up for Assange if we dont. Seems like it is coming to crunch time regarding whether or not he gets sent … Continue reading
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Tagged Assange, Paypal, Sweden, Tanya Plibersek, Visa, Wikileaks
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Leitenant Colonel Yossr Abdel Hadi: I stand with Tahrir
My interview with Leitenant Colonel Yossr Abdel Hadi, (@YossrHadi), published today at Al Akhbar English: After a career in a deeply corrupt organisation, Police Officer Yossr Abdel Hadi says that it is still possible for his institution to be purged … Continue reading
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Tagged Egypt, Lieutenant Colonel Yossr Abdel Hadi, police, Tahrir
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You can crush the flowers, but you can’t stop the spring.
Pics from Tahrir, 25 Nov. Please pardon late upload.
